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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

News U Can Use: "Teens Still Oversharing" (PEW Report)

"Teens, Social Media, and Privacy"

OVERVIEW: Teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, but they are also taking a variety of technical and non-technical steps to manage the privacy of that information. Despite taking these privacy-protective actions, teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-parties (such as businesses or advertisers) accessing their data; just 9% say they are “very” concerned